Won what appears to be an anodized aluminum (black surface) pot call at a men's church supper drawing on Sat nite. The surface is "slicker'n goat lips" and the wood striker that came with it will make no sound at all or make it squawk!! I know a bit 'bout conditioning slate, regular aluminum, glass, crystal,etc., but this is my first one of this sort. I'm guessing scotch brite pad on the surface, but would like some coaching from you guys. I don't want to mess it up!!!

"Chasin' gobblers has a lot in common with dealing with a wife, 'bout the time ya' think ya' got 'em figured out, they change the rules!!!"

What I've done with anodized alum, is you have to make sure it's clean. Wash it down with Dawn dish soap to get any grease off it, then you can wipe some Vineger over the playing area and let it dry, Then wipe the surface off completely with alcohol and let that dry.You can also scrub it with a brite pad or fine grit sandpaper, the same as you would a glass call.Anodize alum is sometime very difficult to get to play, it depends on how thick the anodizing is on it, some play great and some need sanding?Make sure you striker tip is clean, alum builds up on the tips very easy and needs to be kept clean.The Vineger actually etches the anodizing and will make it play better without having to sand the black away to make it play, sometimes? Alcohol dries the surface and sometimes that's all you need to do?That's a couple of things you can try

Last edited by WillowRidgeCalls on February 26th, 2013, 12:08 am, edited 1 time in total.

Anodized Aluminum can be very tricky at first, it seems as if you need to essentially play it till it comes around and starts yelping.. Almost like wearing a groove in it.. I use the rubbing alcohol on mine to essentially clean it and agree striker conditioning is 99 percent of the conditioning.

Some use a green scrubby from the start I have not except on anodized calls in which I have essentially wore the anodizing out from so much playing